Is CA Verify for CICS being used in the CICS region?

Products

• Verify

Issue/Introduction

When upgrading CA Verify for CICS from release 8.5 to r 9.0, how can a user determine what the usage of this product is in the CICS region?  Does CA Verify for CICS have any batch reports for usage?

 

Environment

Release: OSVERW00200-8.5-Verify-Automated Regression Testing-for VTAM Extended Environment

Resolution

CA Verify for CICS has NO REPORTING tools that can be used to determine if the product is being used or not in CICS. 

You can use CICS reports for your regions to see how much activity you have for the main CA Verify for CICS transaction XTCA. XTCA is the primary transaction used by users of CA Verify for CICS . 

You can also check the USE COUNT on the CA Verify for CICS programs using the CEMT transaction to see how many times the CA Verify for CICS programs are executed.  (The use count)

In the example below CEMT shows program XTCAMAIN has a USE count of 1.

CEMT I PROG(XTCAMAIN) 

STATUS: RESULTS - OVERTYPE TO MODIFY 
Prog(XTCAMAIN) Leng(0000152616) Ass Pro Ena Pri Ced 
Res(000) Use(0000000001) Bel Cex Ful Qua Cic Nat 


The CA Verify for CICS programs start with XTCA*  For example 

DEFINE PROGRAM(XTCAMAIN) 
DESCRIPTION(CA-VERIFY MAIN PROGRAM) 

DEFINE PROGRAM(XTCAOPTS) 
DESCRIPTION(CA-VERIFY OPTIONS MODULE) 

DEFINE PROGRAM(XTCARUN) 
DESCRIPTION(CA-VERIFY RUN FUNCTION) 

 

DEFINE PROGRAM(XTCAUSER) 
DESCRIPTION(CA-VERIFY USER EXIT ROUTINES)